The Nervous System 4e

List of plates.
<p>Acknowledgements.</p>
<p>An Appreciation.</p>
<p>Introduction.</p>
<p>Functions and structure of the nervous system.</p>
<p>Examining the world.</p>
<p>Light receptors: looking.</p>
<p>Sound receptors: listening.</p>
<p>Olfactory receptors: smelling.</p>
<p>Gustatory receptors: tasting.</p>
<p>Cutaneous receptors: touching and feeling.</p>
<p>Receptors for the inside world.</p>
<p>Nerves and nerve fiberes.</p>
<p>Communication within the central nervous system.</p>
<p>Standing, walking, running, flying, swimming.</p>
<p>Awake and exploring; relaxed and sleeping.</p>
<p>Needs, desires and emotions.</p>
<p>Pain.</p>
<p>The centre of the brain: the hypothalamus.</p>
<p>Broadcasting: hormones.</p>
<p>General plan of the human brain.</p>
<p>Exploring the brain.</p>
<p>Perception of the world and of oneself.</p>
<p>Speech and other symbols.</p>
<p>Learning.</p>
<p>Remembering.</p>
<p>Personality and the brain.</p>
<p>Glossary.</p>
<p>Index.</p>